Upraise (Verb)
Meaning
Cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The ancient priest claimed to have the power to upraise the deceased pharaoh from his eternal slumber.
- The voodoo sorceress was rumored to possess the dark magic necessary to upraise the spirits of the long-departed.
- According to legend, King Arthur would one day be upraised from his resting place beneath the misty island of Avalon.
- Many believed that the mystical artifact held the power to upraise those who had succumbed to the great plague.
- It was said that on certain nights, the restless souls of the battlefields would be upraised by the mournful song of the ghostly troubadour.